Opticon Has Been Destroyed!

…Huge Eyeball From Unknown Creature Washes Ashore On Florida Beach
It’s big, it’s blue … “among the possibilities being discussed are a giant squid, some other large fish or a whale or other large marine mammal.”
—via NPR blog (Oct. 11, 2012)‘Softball-Sized Eyeball’ Washes Up In Florida; Can You I.D. It?

Can we I.D. it?
Sure! It’s Japanese!
It’s “Opticon” from the 1960s, live-action, Japanese TV show, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot.

Opticon Must Be Destroyed
Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot (Season 2, Episode 5) — There is a small quiet Allah Republic at the foot of the Alps. The only product of this beautiful country is gold. Her peace is broken when a vein of new ores is found in a gold mine.
Starring: Mitsunobu Kaneko, Akio Ito
Directed by: Michio Konishi
Runtime: 25 minutes
Original air date: January 01, 1967

*Medama Oyaji (目玉のおやじ, or 目玉親父, lit. “Eyeball Father”), a character from GeGeGe no Kitaro (lit. “Kitarō (of the) Graveyard” English title ‘Spooky Kitaro’). In the 2002 Kodansha International Bilingual Comics edition, he is referred to as Daddy Eyeball.

A Super Famous Ghost of Japan! ‘Daddy Eyeball’?
What really annoys me is that OtakuMode (below)sells kaomoji-kun items as kaomoji-kun →
but for Medama Oyaji, it’s Daddy Eyeball →
…That sounds so lame in engrish…. :/

Daddy Eyeball Comic Book T-Shirtotakumode.com/shop US $ 29.99
Daddy Eyeball is the father of the protagonist of Shigeru Mizuki’s classic 1960s manga, GeGeGe no Kitaro. This cool T-shirt …tells you something of his story in true American comic book style. Reading from left to right – whoops! Daddy Eyeball didn’t properly die! He used to be a normal ghost but became ill and died only to be reincarnated as an anthropomorphised version of his own eyeball! ...more...